Download GeForce 310.33 Beta Driver

Download the NVIDIA GeForce 310.33 Beta 32/64-bit driver. This is a beta driver from the new GeForce R310 family of drivers that NVIDIA just released. There is a number of bugfixes and performance enhancements erady for you to download.

Download Catalyst Application Profile 12.10 CAP1 - 10/23/2012 06:41 AM
You can download the new AMD Catalyst Application Profile 12.10 These are the Catalyst profiles for multi-GPU support. This release of ATI Catalyst delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.

AMD Catalyst 12.11 Download - 10/22/2012 10:41 AM
Download AMD Catalyst 12.11 for Windows Vista 7 and 8. AMD's Never Settle Catalyst 12.11 driver is available as a non-WHQL beta only. A WHQL version will be released later next month in November.

Download GPU-Z 0.6.5 - 10/11/2012 06:38 AM
GPU-Z 0.6.5 has just been reelased and is ready for download, GPU-Z is a graphics subsystem information and diagnostic utility utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU. GPU-Z can now reliably extract, save, and upload BIOS from NVIDIA GeForce Kepler family of GPUs. Boost clock detection for GeForce Kepler family is improved; and real-time memory clock monitoring for GeForce Kepler GPUs without Boost is fixed. A working ASIC-quality calculation method is implemented for GeForce Kepler GPUs.

Their GeForce website seems to also list other games with performance improvements.

The new NVIDIA GeForce 310.33 beta drivers are now available to download. Featuring GTX 600 Series performance improvements of up to 15%, the new GeForce 310.33 beta drivers are a recommended download for all Kepler users. In addition to performance improvements, the GeForce 310.33 beta drivers include a number of new and updated SLI and Ambient Occlusion profiles that benefit and enhance all GeForce PCs.

You can download the GeForce 310.33 beta drivers with one click from the GeForce.com homepage; Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 packages are available for desktop systems, and for notebooks there are Windows 7 and Windows 8 downloads that cover all products, including the GeForce GTX 680M. If you have any feedback or comments, please drop us a note via the comments section or use the NVIDIA Display Driver Feedback Form.
Performance Improvements

Weve increased performance in numerous games over the past year, and today were increasing performance yet again, with gains of up to 7.5% on the GTX 660, and 15.7% on the GTX 680. Other GTX 600 Series products will see gains also, though the extent of those improvements will of course vary and be further influenced by a users software and hardware configuration.

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Game Settings & Results:

Batman: Arkham City: Performance increased by 3.3% at 1920x1080 when using Very High detail settings, Tessellation High, PhysX Off and 4xMSAA.
Civilization V: Performance increased by 2% at 1920x1200 when using DirectX 11 and max settings in a late-game benchmark.
DiRT 3: Performance increased by 2.1% at 2560x1600 when using DirectX 11 and Ultra settings.
Dragon Age 2: Performance increased by 3.1% at 1920x1080 when using max settings and 8xMSAA.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena: Performance increased by 7.5% at 2560x1600 when using max settings.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Performance increased by 6.2% at 1920x1080 when using High settings in an outdoor scenario. At the same resolution, an improvement of 4.1% was measured when using Ultra settings.

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Game Settings & Results:

Batman: Arkham City: Performance increased by 5.3% at 1920x1080 when using Very High detail settings, Tessellation High, PhysX High and 4xMSAA.
Civilization V: Performance increased by 2.8% at 1920x1200 when using DirectX 11 and max settings in a late-game benchmark.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Performance increased by 3.2% at 1600x1200 when using DirectX 11 and max settings.
F1 2011: Performance increased by 4.4% at 2560x1600 when using DirectX 11 and max settings.
StarCraft II: Performance increased by 5.6% at 1920x1080 when using Ultra settings.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena: Performance increased by 15.7% at 2560x1600 when using max settings.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Performance increased by 10.9% at 1920x1080 when using High settings in an indoor scenario. At 2560x1600, an improvement of 6.9% was measured in an outdoor scenario.

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Game Settings & Results:

Batman: Arkham City: Performance increased by 5.3% at 1920x1080 when using Very High detail settings, Tessellation High, PhysX High and 4xMSAA.
Civilization V: Performance increased by 2.8% at 1920x1200 when using DirectX 11 and max settings in a late-game benchmark.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Performance increased by 3.2% at 1600x1200 when using DirectX 11 and max settings.
F1 2011: Performance increased by 4.4% at 2560x1600 when using DirectX 11 and max settings.
StarCraft II: Performance increased by 5.6% at 1920x1080 when using Ultra settings.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena: Performance increased by 15.7% at 2560x1600 when using max settings.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Performance increased by 10.9% at 1920x1080 when using High settings in an indoor scenario. At 2560x1600, an improvement of 6.9% was measured in an outdoor scenario.

NVIDIA Control Panel Game Enhancements

The GeForce 310.33 beta drivers include a number of NVIDIA Control Panel enhancements that allow you to further increase in-game fidelity in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Darksiders 2, and MechWarrior Online:

Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Cross Fire.
Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Dragon Nest.
Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Meng San Guo.
Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Counter-strike: Global Offensive.
Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Darksiders 2.
Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for MechWarrior Online.

Each enhancement is easily applied via the respective game's profile in the "Manage 3D Settings" section of the NVIDIA Control Panel. Simply select the desired quality level of the Ambient Occlusion effect in the dropdown, click "Apply", and launch the game before basking in the accurately-shadowed surroundings.
New & Updated SLI Profiles

As always, our new GeForce driver includes new and updated profiles for todays top titles, increasing performance and unleashing the full power of SLI systems.

The GeForce 310.33 beta drivers also include a few new bug fixes, which rectify problems such as performance degradation on Quad SLI systems, and non-functioning MSAA anti-aliasing in Diablo III. For full details, check out the release notes.

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#4437342 Posted on: 10/23/2012 04:41 PM
i have tested this driver on a low end 520GT and i saw improvements in heaven benchmark and 3dmark11 , i suspect a gain all across the board indeed a nice welcome performance boost and confirmed by my testing , well done nvidia , awsome amazing performance drivers , go guys go get them.

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